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Post-enlightenment Europe : daring mission,

in a Europe in the process of construction

Programme

First part : context

1. Historical [& geographical] aspects

Thursday 24^Th August 5.30 pm : Enlightenment, at the roots of present Europe in all its parts (East, West, North, South). Rather than a presentation of the historical period corresponding to the Enlightenment, it should point to the currents that emerged from it: Capitalism and Marxism, Democracy, the emerging self, the adaptation of the Churches and anticlericalism, etc.

François Bousquet (Catholic Institute, Paris, France)

1.2. Sociological & psychological aspects

Friday 25^Th August 9.45 am : “From the 70s to the present days reception and crisis of the Enlightenment”

1.2.1. Individualisation and forming society [practices]:

Possible drawbacks will have to be tackled such as decreasing credibility of religions, institutions and politics, communalism or individualism, indifference, etc..

Grace Davie (University of Exeter, Great Britain)

1.2.2. Mutation of models [epistemology]:

Highlight a few major changes in world vision & knowledge theory, the role of experience and emotion with regard to reason, ….

Knut Wenzel (University of Regensburg, Germany)

1.2.3. Spiritual Values shared in Europe / the spirit or the soul of Europe

Then, in a world tending towards globalisation, which are the values which the Europeans believe in and share to-day? Pluralism & unity.

Tomas Halik (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

1.2.4. 11. 45 am : 2 counterpoints on the previous papers :

- Orthodox point of view: Anastasia Vassiliadou (Kalymnos, Greece)

- Pentecostal point of view: Allan Anderson (University of Birmingham, Great Britain)

5. 2.45 pm : Roundtable with the morning speakers

Second part : consequences for the Churches

2.1. Ecclesiological and pastoral aspects:

Friday 25^th August 4.30 pm : A first part should consist in an exposé which will analyse the effects of the Enlightenment on the different Christian Churches’organisation and practices in one European region.

Mechteld Jansen (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

5.30 pm: Two counterpoints by members of “foreign” communities in France : African and Orthodox

Majagira Bulangalire (Pastor, Cambrai, France)

Patriciu Vlaïcu (Romanian Orthodox priest, Nice, France)

6.00-7.30 pm : Participants will meet in language groups and analyse the case of other European regions using the model given by the speaker through her analyse.

Third part: What Mission?

3.1. Saturday 26^th August, 9.00 am : transversal biblical study

Francisco Pérez Herrero (Faculty of Theology, Burgos, Spain)

2. 11h30–12h30 : Missiological perspective : What testimony? What presence of the message? All the above questions lead to more theological et pastoral formulations towards a mission shaped mentality.

Kai Funkschmidt (Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland, Deutschland)

2.00 pm : review of the morning paper in language groups

Sunday 27^th August, 2.45 pm:

3.2.1 Question 1: Mission shaped forms of presence – what kind? Where? How?

Darrell Jackson (Conference of European Churches, Budapest, Hungary)

3.2.2 Question 2: a Mission shaped Liturgy - What liturgy, what languages, what music? What new forms of ritual/symbols/expression can touch our contemporaries – especially the youngsters?

Andras Lovas (Gaspard Karoli Reformed University, Budapest, Hungary)

3.2.3 Question 3: What ministers, What ministries, What communities can answer those challenges? To be a Christian community before being a Church congregation?

Peter Lodberg (University of Aarhus, Denmark)

3.2.4 Question 4 : Mission in Europe and Universal Mission (reciprocity, partnership,…)

Elisabetta Ribet (Pastor, Waldensian Church, Palerme, Italy)

4.45 pm : Workshops

Fourth part: conclusion

Monday 28^th August, 9.00 am

4.1. Counterpoint by a “major witness” from the South

Léonard Santedi (Catholic Faculties, Kinshasa, DR Congo)

4.2. Conclusion: towards a missionary posture of the Church (listening group).

4.3. Official closing

2.00 pm : end of the conference

Contact :

Associations

• AFOM : Association francophone œcuménique de missiologie (contact)
• BIAMS : British and Irish Association for Mission Studies (contact)
• CEAMS : Central and Eastern European Association for Mission Studies (contact)
• DGMW : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Missionswissenschaft (contact)
• NIME : Nordic Institute of Mission and Ecumenical Research (contact)
• IAMS : International Association for Mission Studies (Association Internationale d'Études Missionnaires)
• MWO : Institut de Missiologie Missio e.V. (contact)
  

Third European Missiology Conference

Programme / Schedule

24-28 Août 2006, à Paris

FIAP, 30 rue Cabanis, 75014 Paris

Jeudi 24 Août 2006 – Thursday 24 th August 2006 :

From 14 h 00 : accueil - registration

16 h 30 : ouverture officielle – official opening / présentation des participants et de la session – presentation of participants and of the conference

17 h 30 – 19 h 15 : les lumières, aspects historiques (exposé de 50 mn + questions) /

the Enlightenment (historical aspects)

21 h 00 : présentation des publications et des revues / books and reviews presentation

Vendredi 25 Août – Friday 25 th August 2006:

9 h 00 – 9 h 30 : prière du matin – morning prayer

9h 30 – 9 h 45 : présentation de recherches – Research presentation

9 h 45 – 12 h 30 : aspects sociologiques et psychologiques - sociological and psychological aspects : trois exposés de 30 mn + trois contrepoints

14 h 30 – 14 h 45 : présentation de recherches - Research presentation

14 h 45 - 16 h 00 : table ronde – round table

16. h 00 – 16 h 30 : pause - break

16. h 30 – 17 h 30 : réception des Lumières par les Eglises aux Pays-Bas/ ecclesiological appropriation of the Enlightenment in the Netherlands (exposé de 50 mn + questions )

17 h 30 – 18 h 00 : deux contrepoints par des communautés « étrangères » en France (communauté africaine, communauté orthodoxe) – two counterpoints by « foreign » communities in France.

18 h 00 – 19 h 30 : groupes par régions et par langues – regional and language groups

20 h 00 – 22 h 00 : réception au Defap – reception at the Defap

Samedi 26 Août – Saturday 26 th August 2006 :

9 h 00 – 10 h 45 : Etude biblique

10 h 45 – 11 h 00 : présentation de recherches - Research presentation

11 h 00 – 11 h 30 : pause - break

11 h 30 – 12 h 30 : Quelle mission ? (missiological prospective)

Quel message, quelle spiritualité ? – What message, what spirituality ?

14 h 00 – 16 h 00 : Reprise de l’exposé du matin par groupes de langue – discussion on morning theme in language groups.

16 h 00-19 h 00 : visites dans Paris – sightseeing in Paris

20 h 00 : soirée libre – free evening

Dimanche 27 Août – Sunday 27 th August 2006 :

9 h 00 – 12 h 00 : culte(s) et visites – worship(s) and visits

14 h 30 – 14 h 45 : présentation de recherches - Research presentation

14 h 45 – 19 h 15 : Quelle mission ? Quatre interventions de 20 mn chacune + deux séries d’ateliers au choix (1 h 15 chacun) – What Mission ? Four 20mn papers + two series of workshops.

21 h 00 – 22 h 30 : réunion par association – associations meetings (ou groupes de travail)

Lundi 28 Août – Monday 28 th August 2006 :

9 h 00 - 9 h 30 : prière du matin – morning worship

9 h 30 – 10 h 30: contrepoint par un « grand témoin » des continents du Sud – « Major witness » from the South

10 h 30 – 11 h 15 : synthèse par le groupe d’écoute – synthesis by the listening group

11 h 15 – 12 h 15 : clôture officielle – official conclusion

14 h 00 : Fin - End of the conference